A virtual machine (VM) is a guest Operating System running in a completely isolated environment within a normal host operating system. Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or (in most cases) both together.
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How do I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit Ubuntu?
I have a 64-bit (amd64 a.k.a. x86_64) Debian or Ubuntu installation. I need to run 32-bit (i386/i686) programs occasionally, or to compile programs for a 32-bit system. How can I do this with a ...
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Reading a filesystem from a whole disk image
I ran these commands:
VBoxManage clonehd d6b9f0a5-98df-48ca-83c8-91a0809ec349 --format RAW Debian.raw
sudo dd if=~/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Debian.raw of=/dev/sda5
When I try to mount the partition, I ...
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Which *nix distro is most lightweight for running virtual machines?
EDIT: This question was expanded to include other Unix-like distros such as Hurd and BSD.
Before anyone wonders, I did read related questions and answers; I think I have a sufficiently unique ...
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Share memory between a virtual machine and the host
Through shmget and shmat, I am able to access the data stored in one program from another program. Here's the gist of the code:
key=ftok("shared.c",'c');
shmid=shmget(key,1024,0644|IPC_CREAT);
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Does LVM impact performance?
I have to migrate a few servers to Linux, and one important aspect that I need to evaluate is that my new host system must have elastic storage capacity. Naturally, doing some basic research, I came ...
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Using a LVM partition as a Virtualbox drive
Is it possible to use a LVM partition as a Virtualbox disk?
I can't find any option to use a device as a Virtualbox disk, only disk images.
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Is it 'possible' to transfer a VM to the metal?
How can one take a VM and make it run on the machine?
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Booting the already installed Windows from the VirtualBox installed in Ubuntu
I want to boot the Windows which is installed in laptop's internal harddisk(/dev/sda1) from the VirtualBox installed in my Ubuntu. Can somebody tell me how to do this in VirtualBox.
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CentOS doesnt know what the internet is
So I have done my share of investigating this problem...
I just recently created an CentOS 6 VM on my LinuxMint box using VirtualBox. I left all the recommended values the same upon creation (8GB ...
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Guide to installing Xen on CentOS 5.9 (That is still valid)
I need an idiots guide to installing Xen Hypervisor on CentOS 5.9
We attempted to install it on 6.3 before, but completely failed, so we reverted to 5.9 to see if we had more luck. We had issues ...
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How can I install a 64bit Linux virtual machine on a 32bit Linux?
I've got a computer (Intel core i5) with 32bit Linux installed (ubuntu 11.04) and I would like to install a 64bit Linux virtual machine on it so I can test 64bit command-line applications on it.
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Convert image of a partition into image of a disk with partition table
I have an image of an existing partition generated with dd if=/dev/sdXN of=image.bin. Now I want to use this image as the basis for a virtual machine. I know how to convert the image into a format ...
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Cannot connect to my Virtual Box Ubuntu system
I have a VirtualBox running an Ubuntu OS. I'd like to access this Ubuntu machine using ssh or telnet. In order to do that I've performed the following steps:
sudo apt-get install telnetd
sudo ...
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Problem getting Fedora to run in VirtualBox
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, trying to get Fedora 18 64-bit to run in the Oracle VM VirtualBox.
I've got VirtualBox installed (via the .deb package available from the official site,) and I got the ...
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Fedora 18 Live CD is hanging on boot
When I boot up Fedora 18 (Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso) in a Virtual Machine, I just get this screen:
I've verified the SHA sum, and I've tried starting it up in "basic graphics mode", yet I ...
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qemu no boot device found!
I am trying to set up a Linux x86_64 virtual machine on a 32bit Linux computer and I've been told aqemu's Wizard is a good option. I can follow the wizard steps, but when I try to start the virtual ...
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Resources to learn Linux? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Good Introductory resources for linux
I have no experience with any Linux operating system and I just put Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro.
What would you professionals ...
